"I attended church with Diane for over 20 years," Kyles said. "She was a member of the usher board at church and she was outgoing and helpful all the time."

Kyles said the home on Burnham Cove, where she was found dead in the driveway, had been on the market for months, but the owner allowed Ward's brother to live there to deter break-ins. He didn't know of any crime activity in the area.

"This is awful. I can't believe this is happening," said Kyles.

Police said they are investigating the shooting death of a 62-year-old woman whose body was found Friday morning near her car in a driveway near the Georgian Hills Shopping Center.

Police confirmed that the woman was unloading groceries at the time of her death and that she was not the target of the suspect, but hit by a stray bullet. Police have not confirmed anymore details, including the woman's identity.

Linda Howard, 38, community member, said she knew the woman did not live in the neighborhood and is saddened, but is not surprised that someone was shot in the cove that was silent a few hours after the scene was cleared.

"It's always something going on in that cove," Howard said. "When I moved over here in August my neighbor warned me that kids are always (having altercations) there."

In the same vicinity of the neighborhood in 2008, 11-year-old Kentaria Traylor was killed when a bullet fired from a passing car pierced a window and struck her in the neck as she sat inside her home.

Jacob Mason, 35, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2010 and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Police said no arrests have been made in Friday's shooting. The investigation is ongoing.